Updated pictures

Yuzee · Post by **Yuzee** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:19 am

Restarted my project recently after a year sabatical away from all things VW

Heres a few pictures of my work progress so far.

Floorpans welded in and taped up prior to sealing the seams

Both pans welded in and sealed up. Just the underneath to clean and seal now and then the chassis will be off to the workshop for etch priming and painting.

New ball Joints fitted to the torsion arms and wheels fitted with new bearings. Also a picture of the finished beam that is now ready for installation when the chassis comes back from painting.

Front wheels refurbished with new shoes and brake cylinders

Stripped down the gearbox for inspection/clean and then reassembled it fitting new bearings and seals all round, Oh and a new pair of NOS VW half shaft boots. I then painted the gearbox with some silver Aluminium paint

More updates when the chassis is painted and rolling.

Thanks for looking

Dave H

Post by **jmartini** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:59 am

Looking Great Dave!!!! Keep the pictures coming!

Yuzee · Post by **Yuzee** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:50 am

Thanks John - Managed do do a little more since the last post, heres afew more pictures.

Underside of Chassis prepped and ready for spraying

Two coats of Primer, Etch primer first then high build primer

Then two coats nice and shiny black top coat and clearcoat

I'm then going to let it harden off for a couple of day's before doing it all over again to the top side.

Yuzee · Post by **Yuzee** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:26 pm

I managed to finish painting the chassis last night with two coats of VW jet black and a laquer coat. Its a bit over the top for something thats going to be covered up in sounproofing and carpets I know but hey, it looks good.

Big build up begins on Friday when beam, brakes, gearbox, suspension etc get fitted. (I cant wait Progress at last)

agggilli · Post by **agggilli** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:24 pm

Looking great Yuzee, very nice!

Yuzee · Post by **Yuzee** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:34 pm

agggilli wrote:Looking great Yuzee, very nice!

Thanks very much, I've a few days off now before my vacation starts so hope to get it rolling very soon.

Dave H

Yuzee · Post by **Yuzee** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:47 am

Fitted the beam and the gearbox to the chassis this morning and going to fit all the rear suspension components later ( Stock setup of 18 degrees on the swingarms)

Heres a few pics of progress so far